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George Davis Peter Gent (/ dʒ ɛ n t / JENT; August 23, 1942 – September 30, 2011) was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys. He became a novelist after his retirement, authoring the best-seller North Dallas Forty. He played college basketball at Michigan State University.
Oct 3, 2011 · Peter Gent, a receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the 1960s whose best-selling novel “North Dallas Forty” portrayed professional football as a dehumanizing business that drove pain-racked players...
Oct 2, 2011 · Peter Gent, who turned his vivid memories of a five-year career as a wide receiver with the Dallas Cowboys into the blisteringly candid bestselling novel “North Dallas Forty,” has died. He was...
Oct 2, 2011 · Peter Gent, who turned his vivid memories of a five-year career as a wide receiver with the Dallas Cowboys into the blisteringly candid bestselling novel “North Dallas Forty,” has died. He was 69.
Peter Gent, who died at 69, wrote a novel based on his experience as a receiver with the Cowboys, exposing the use of painkillers and marijuana in the NFL. His book became a classic of sports literature and influenced the league's policies.
Oct 2, 2011 · Peter Gent, 69, a onetime wide receiver with the Dallas Cowboys, whose 1973 novel, “North Dallas Forty,” exposed the drug use, hypocrisy and pervasive pain in the life of a pro football team,...
Sep 30, 2011 · George Davis Peter Gent was a Michigan State University basketball player and National Football League wide receiver turned novelist. After leaving professional football, Gent wrote several novels dealing with the sport. His first and most famous book, a semi-autobiographical novel entitled North Dallas Forty, was published in 1973.
